James H Fowler

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Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Model of genetic variation in human social networks
    James H Fowler
    Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:1720-4. 2009
  2. ncbi Correlated genotypes in friendship networks
    James H Fowler
    Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Political Science, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:1993-7. 2011
  3. ncbi Biology, politics, and the emerging science of human nature
    James H Fowler
    Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
    Science 322:912-4. 2008
  4. ncbi Cooperative behavior cascades in human social networks
    James H Fowler
    Political Science Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92103, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:5334-8. 2010
  5. ncbi Altruistic punishment and the origin of cooperation
    James H Fowler
    Department of Political Science, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:7047-9. 2005
  6. ncbi Egalitarian motives in humans
    Christopher T Dawes
    Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
    Nature 446:794-6. 2007
  7. ncbi Inferring tie strength from online directed behavior
    Jason J Jones
    Medical Genetics Division, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 8:e52168. 2013
  8. ncbi Parental influence on substance use in adolescent social networks
    Holly B Shakya
    Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 166:1132-9. 2012
  9. ncbi The spread of sleep loss influences drug use in adolescent social networks
    Sara C Mednick
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 5:e9775. 2010
  10. ncbi A 61-million-person experiment in social influence and political mobilization
    Robert M Bond
    Political Science Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
    Nature 489:295-8. 2012

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Publications13

  1. ncbi Model of genetic variation in human social networks
    James H Fowler
    Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:1720-4. 2009
    ..They also suggest that modeling intrinsic variation in network attributes may be important for understanding the way genes affect human behaviors and the way these behaviors spread from person to person...
  2. ncbi Correlated genotypes in friendship networks
    James H Fowler
    Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Political Science, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:1993-7. 2011
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  3. ncbi Biology, politics, and the emerging science of human nature
    James H Fowler
    Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
    Science 322:912-4. 2008
    ..We describe recent advances and argue that biologists and political scientists must work together to advance a new science of human nature...
  4. ncbi Cooperative behavior cascades in human social networks
    James H Fowler
    Political Science Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92103, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:5334-8. 2010
    ..These results show experimentally that cooperative behavior cascades in human social networks...
  5. ncbi Altruistic punishment and the origin of cooperation
    James H Fowler
    Department of Political Science, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:7047-9. 2005
    ..It also suggests that punishment can only enforce payoff-improving strategies, contrary to a widely cited "folk theorem" result that suggests that punishment can allow the evolution of any strategy...
  6. ncbi Egalitarian motives in humans
    Christopher T Dawes
    Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
    Nature 446:794-6. 2007
    ..The results suggest that egalitarian motives affect income-altering behaviours, and may therefore be an important factor underlying the evolution of strong reciprocity and, hence, cooperation in humans...
  7. ncbi Inferring tie strength from online directed behavior
    Jason J Jones
    Medical Genetics Division, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 8:e52168. 2013
    ..More private communications (messages) were not necessarily more informative than public communications (comments, wall posts, and other interactions)...
  8. ncbi Parental influence on substance use in adolescent social networks
    Holly B Shakya
    Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 166:1132-9. 2012
    ..To evaluate the relationship between the parenting style of an adolescent's peers' parents and an adolescent's substance use...
  9. ncbi The spread of sleep loss influences drug use in adolescent social networks
    Sara C Mednick
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 5:e9775. 2010
    ..The results indicate that interventions should focus on healthy sleep to prevent drug use and targeting specific individuals may improve outcomes across the entire social network...
  10. ncbi A 61-million-person experiment in social influence and political mobilization
    Robert M Bond
    Political Science Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
    Nature 489:295-8. 2012
    ..These results suggest that strong ties are instrumental for spreading both online and real-world behaviour in human social networks...
  11. ncbi Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study
    James H Fowler
    Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
    BMJ 337:a2338. 2008
    ..To evaluate whether happiness can spread from person to person and whether niches of happiness form within social networks...
  12. ncbi Human cooperation: second-order free-riding problem solved?
    James H Fowler
    Department of Political Science, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
    Nature 437:E8; discussion E8-9. 2005
    ..Here I present a simplified version of their model to demonstrate how cooperation unravels if second-round defectors enter the population, and this shows that the free-riding problem remains unsolved...
  13. ncbi Human behaviour: Egalitarian motive and altruistic punishment
    James H Fowler
    Department of Political Science, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
    Nature 433:1 p following 32; discussion following 32. 2005
    ..This finding is consistent with evidence that humans may have an evolutionary incentive to punish the highest earners in order to promote equality, rather than cooperation...